musette
mus·ette/mjuˈzɛt/noun
musette is spelled M-U-S-E-T-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (mus·ette). It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, musette means “Any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows, which were popular in France in the 17th and early 18th century” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of musette is musettes.
How many letters and syllables are in musette?
| Letters | 7: M-U-S-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mus·ette |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is musette?
Musette appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce musette?
- UK /mjuːˈzɛt/
- UK /mjʊ-/
- US /mjuˈzɛt/
Musette has 2 syllables, split mus·ette in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-musette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with musette?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as musette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of musette
- musettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does musette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows, which were popular in France in the 17th and early 18th century.
- 2
A pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating such an instrument; also, a dance performed to this music.
- 3
An organ stop using reed pipes with cone-shaped resonators, found in organs in France in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 4
A small oboe without a cap for its reed, which evolved from the chanter or pipe of bagpipes; a piccolo oboe.
- 5
USIn full musette bag: a small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap, formerly used by soldiers, and now (cycling) chiefly by cyclists to hold food and beverages or other items.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Musette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.